Monthly Archives: October 2017

While this is not normal subject matter for the MDS Tech site, this IS a part of the digital life we are living that we all have to deal with.

The recent massive Equifax security breach is a huge example of network breaches that occur just about every day. One of the problems is that the thieves will often sit on the data until things cool down -i.e. people forget about it – THEN they try to use or sell the stolen data to steal people’s identities.

What can they do with it?

Buy stuff for themselves, but you get the bill is common.

So is getting ID papers using your credentials – opening accounts, not paying for things….ruinng YOUR credit and not theirs.

What can YOU do about it?

Freeze your credit. If you have ANY banking/payments/accounts, you probably have a file at the three credit agencies – which is sometimes true even if you are only 12 years old. Freezing your credit means that no one can open an account in your name with the PIN number – and for heaven’s sake, don’t lose that number [NOR should you carry it in your wallet or purse!]

In Georgia it costs $3 to freeze your credit unless you have been a victim of ID theft. You would unfreeze it if you are applying for credit at a new institution – any place you ALREADY have a financial relationship with already has permission to access your info.

These articles have more [easy to read] information, plus links to get started:

You will see a list of the apps after a minute or so, with the apps taking up the most room at the top of the list.

Some general advice:

Photos

Assuming you have setup Google Drive correctly to automatically upload your photos and videos, you’ll still have a copy of them in Drive, even if you delete them from your iPad. [They’ll be the Google Photos folder on Drive].

To ACTUALLY delete photos/videos from your iPad, open up Photos –> Camera Roll.
Click SELECT.
Click on the photos/videos you want to delete.
Click the Trash icon, top left.
Click the message “Delete these x photos?”
Click “Albums”, top left
Open up “Recently Deleted”
Click “Select”, top right
Click “Delete All”, top left.

If you don’t clear out the Recently Deleted folder manually, it will empty itself in about a month.

Google Apps [Drive / Sheets / Docs]

The Google apps all have an option to store your document “locally” on the iPad. If you no longer need docs available when you don’t have an internet connection, then check the Docs part of this article: iPads –> what’s taking up all my storage?

Miscellaneous Space Hogs

Messages – those messages with pictures and videos take up ROOM. Delete them.

Mail – sometimes the Mail app takes up a ton of room. Actually, it’s all those emails that you never deleted. Delete them.
–> If deleting the mails sound like too much, then delete the account
[Settings –>Mail–> Accounts–>Select the account–>”Delete Account”
–> This does NOT actually delete your account from the Mail server – it just deletes your “window” into your mail account.
–> Then re-create it. For the MDS email, it’s a Google account type.

iMovie – delete your projects. You can export them into your Google drive if you’d like a copy of your final project.

Notability – anything deleted in Notability goes into a trash can which is emptied after about a month [similar to the way Photos works]. Click on the trash can to empty it manually.
Remember that deleting a note in Notability does NOT delete it from Drive.

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